May 7—MAYVILLE, N.D. — For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Mayville State women's basketball program has a new head coach. Ryan Carpenter has been named Mayville State's next head women's basketball coach, replacing Dennis Hutter, who left the Comets after 19 seasons to become the top assistant at UND. Carpenter has been head women's basketball coach at his alma mater, Lancaster Bible ...
May 7—VERMILLION — A day before she was to be introduced as the University of South Dakota women's basketball coach, Carrie Eighmey was waiting at a stoplight and spotted a familiar vehicle. She noticed the Nebraska license plate and a bumper sticker and came to a realization. "I was like, that is definitely my parents. They did not tell me they were coming. And they tried to surprise me. But ...
Eighmey joins USD after a brief stint at the University of Idaho, where she led the Vandals to a 15-16 record, going 8-10 in Big Sky Conference play.
Women's basketball plays 18 conference games per season, which will now be formatted by playing 16 teams once and one team twice.
